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By the time I was pregnant with my first son I was learning to pray using contemplative practices. I was embracing the liturgy. And I was in a church that celebrated communion every Sunday with real wine in a shared chalice. My husband and I had been at this church for two years prior to my pregnancy and during those years, I had taken to putting my lips to the shared cup and gulping, despite my husband\u2019s more sanitary bread dip.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


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I had this physical need to live the metaphor each Sunday.<\/strong>\u00a0I wanted to experience the burn of the wine in my throat. I couldn\u2019t help putting my lips to the chalice where all those lips had gone before me. I wanted connection to our community, germs and all. I wanted a physical faith.\n<\/p>

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\nI\u2019m guest posting over at Suzannah Paul\u2019s place today, as part of her \u201c31 Days of Embodied Faith\u201d series for the month of October. I\u2019m thinking about communion and pregnancy and what it means to \u201clive the metaphor.\u201d Join me over there?<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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